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Bernard Selz is a prominent fund manager and philanthropist with a significant career in finance and extensive involvement in arts and education. Born in Paris, he graduated from Columbia University and co-founded Furman Selz, Inc., later establishing Selz Capital LLC.
He has demonstrated a deep commitment to cultural institutions through various board memberships and endowments, including at The Brooklyn Museum and Columbia University. However, his philanthropic activities also extend to funding anti-vaccination organizations, a fact that has drawn public attention.
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March 2019
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{'role': 'Managing Partner', 'organization': 'Selz Capital LLC', 'years': '2004-Present'}
{'role': 'Co-founder and Chair', 'organization': 'Furman Selz, Inc.', 'years': '1973-2004'}
Endowment of the Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator of Asian Art at The Brooklyn MuseumEndowment of two professorships (medieval art history and pre-Columbian art) at Columbia UniversityBoard of Overseers, Columbia Business SchoolTrustee Emeritus, Dartmouth College (2003-2012)Director, Friends of the Musée des Arts DécoratifsDirector, American Friends of Les Arts FlorissantsTrustee, American Friends of the Victoria and Albert MuseumTrustee, World Monuments FundTrustee, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (2011-2017)Served on boards at The Brooklyn Museum and the Center for Jewish HistoryMember, Director's Council, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Member, Director's Circle, The Frick Collection (with wife, Lisa)
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World Monuments Fund INCTrustee · $36.0M revenue · New York, NYSEE SCHEDULE OFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
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Friends of the Musees Des Arts Decoratifs INCDirector · $1.1M revenue · New York, NYTHE FRIENDS MISSION IS TO FOSTER THE APPRECIATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE DECORATIVE ARTS. IN CARRYING OUT ITS MISSION, THE FRIENDS SUPPORTS THE…Filed FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
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Other people named Bernard Selz
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Bernard Selz1 organization · New York, NYThe Frick Collection
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Bernard Selz1 organization · New York, NYAmerican Friends of Les Arts Florissants INC
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Bernard Selz1 organization · New York, NYVictoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation
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Executive & Artistic Director · The Carnegie Hall Corporation
$2.6M
Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org
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